44 Otters and Otter-Hunting. 



I believe, so employed with the Argyllshire and 

 East of Scotland O.H. 



In order to guard against the chance of accident, 

 terriers should, undoubtedly, be kept in kennel with 

 hounds, or, at least, taken there daily and fed with 

 them. Whether they should be allowed to run with 

 hounds or not is a debatable question. If they do 

 there is less chance of their being accidentally killed 

 by hounds in mistake for the Otter; but, at the 

 same time, there is always the danger of the 

 terriers getting into a couch where cubs are and 

 killing the litter before anyone can prevent such 

 a disaster. The wise Master will weigh the value 

 of his terriers against the value of a litter of cubs, 

 and decide accordingly. 



The price of hounds is an important matter to 

 the Master or Committee charged with the forma- 

 tion or upkeep of a pack. Mr. Arthur Heinemann, 

 in " The Master of Hounds," fixes ;£2oo as a 

 '' medium price " for a '' decent pack " ; but does 

 not specify whether of rough or smooth hounds. 

 He wrote prior to 1903, and since then three packs 

 have come into the market : the Milton being sold 

 as a pack for 50 guineas ; the Hamilton being sold 

 in lots for a little over ;£8o ; and the pack owned 

 by Captain Reynolds being dispersed for an aggre- 

 gate of 85J guineas for hounds, puppies, and 

 terriers. 



